The idea was always appealing and Mourinho had a certain mystique that players find intriguing.

The delayed launch of a 'white' iPhone has created a certain mystique around the product, White said.

But Glastonbury's got a certain mystique.

Similarly, until the 1990s North Korea's government, for all its ghastliness, held a certain mystique for radicals, particularly among South Korean students.

Some studios, however, acquire a certain mystique, and the so-called School of London painters have done rather well in the mystique stakes.